Top 10 happenings around the world: August 2015

August’s top 10 list includes everything from the ultimate summer past-time of music festivals in Barcelona, London and Tokyo to Sao Paulo’s community-like boutique hotel and Gucci’s first restaurant in Shanghai…

1.BARCELONA: PIKNIC ELECTRONIK (every Sunday until the end of September)
Montjuïc Mountain

Much more than a picnic, this weekly open-air event brings family and friends together in gorgeously green Montjuïc to kick back to the best electro.

Music/fashion label Maison Kitsuné has opened a permanent shop in the most pricy strip of land in Causeway Bay following its successful pop-up. The shop stocks its full collections for men and women, alongside fashionable accessories, eyewear, candles and the label’s own music records.

Each summer, music-loving Angelenos from all over the city make a pilgrimage to these two days of musical bliss in the California sun. This year’s headliners include Jesus & Mary Chain, Bloc Party, FKA Twigs and Morrissey.

The period from mid-1950s to the 1970s saw a generation of artists devoted to deploying everyday objects and other non-fine art materials to make their work. This exhibition presents a selection of works from the museum’s collection that all “take an object”.

Guest Urban Fruttare is a boutique hotel providing guests the chance to live, in full, as one community – a concept increasingly important in travel but not always possible. Guests can hang out in a gallery, artsy square or standard kitchen. The idea is to make you feel at home and have the experience of living like a true Paulistano.

The latest fashion house to jump into the food experience business is Gucci. The brand has thrown open the doors of 1921 Gucci Cafe, the world’s first Gucci restaurant in Shanghai. Located on the fourth floor of the IAPM luxury shopping mall, the restaurant offers a wide range of options to satiate gastronomical cravings in true, extremely yummy Italian style.

A two-day music festival by the sea just outside Tokyo features Pharrell Williams and The Chemical Brothers topping a highly eclectic lineup ranging from the down and dirty rockabilly of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, to Kyary Pamyu Pamyu’s Harajuku kawaii techno-pop.